Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Bodies of Water

Lake Powell

Reservoirs

A large reservoir on the Colorado River straddling Utah and Arizona, formed by the Glen Canyon Dam and named for the explorer John Wesley Powell. It is the second-largest reservoir by capacity in the United States, after Lake Mead.

Facts
Area (sq km)
653.1227 1
Connections

Associated With

Sources
1. Lake Powell (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, area
Quote, Infobox, area
area = 161390 acre
View the Source
Wikidata: Lake Powell
Wikidata Q667507, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.